Thirty Grandchildren Badge Attempt - ongoing so it now has its own playlist

"Karritz;c-16862466" wrote:
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EDIT: By the way, I now have a strategy that works for me when making a simbot in an overstuffed household. I watch that simbot making process carefully and as soon as it is made I pause and use NRAAS Master Controller to add it to the household. Haven't lost any since I started doing that.

@Karritz That's exactly what I do in similar situations with stuffed households: quickly pause the game and use NRaas to add the sim. I've done that with pets, resurrected ghosts, and even with an alien baby. :# Good thinking about using NRaas for a simbot too. It's been quite a while since I've created one. To go to all that trouble and then have it run out the door!. Yikes!

Glad the LT Wish suggestions were helpful. I was trying to find wishes you didn't already have and that could also be accomplished before YA. I use that list on the Carl's Sims website a lot when looking for Wish choices. I did a page search using the traits you listed to check possible Wish matches. :)

@Karritz I just realized that the Lifetime Wish list on Carl's Sims website doesn't include ITF. Oops!

Here's a complete list.
Sims Wiki List of LT Wishes

@Karritz One more thought about lifetime wishes. You might have an issue trying to adopt pets if your household is full. The Fairy Tale Finder LTW, which ultimately adds a unicorn to the household, could also pose a problem. But for an Animal Lover, there is also The Cat Herder and The Canine Companion wishes. Both require befriending 15 animals (cats or dogs, respectively). I don't know how easy that would be though! :o

"lanlyn;c-16863068" wrote:
@Karritz I just realized that the Lifetime Wish list on Carl's Sims website doesn't include ITF. Oops!

Here's a complete list.
Sims Wiki List of LT Wishes

Thanks for that. The SimsWiki looks excellent and has all the info. The only one I thought might be useful for this little group is the bot builder LTW. I hadn't considered going into the future or to uni yet though. I suppose it will depend on which way this series of videos takes me in the future.

"lanlyn;c-16863153" wrote:
@Karritz One more thought about lifetime wishes. You might have an issue trying to adopt pets if your household is full. The Fairy Tale Finder LTW, which ultimately adds a unicorn to the household, could also pose a problem. But for an Animal Lover, there is also The Cat Herder and The Canine Companion wishes. Both require befriending 15 animals (cats or dogs, respectively). I don't know how easy that would be though! :o

I was wondering if there might be a problem with adopting animals. I've done the befriending 15 animals in the McFluff story (not in the video yet though). It would take a whole episode as they have to actually have 15 animal friends at the same time and the friendship fades. I had to get Gertie working on her cats so she had them all as her friends at the same time for the wish to be satisfied. I'm not sure if my computer could handle 15 cats plus 16 sims in the one household tho. I might have to let her complete her LTW after the requirements for the badge have been satisfied and I can play her in a household of her own without risking doing something that could prevent the badge from triggering.

The 30 Grandchildren Badge Attempt Part 7 is now available on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/6zZdEvVgYps

Enjoy

In this episode we work towards solving the problem of overwhelming amounts of dirty laundry. New bedrooms are built for some of the teens before the money runs out. Teens work towards completing their lifetime wishes. Robbie finds a magic lamp and tries to clean it. A genie appears. Robbie is stunned and has to race after the genie to get it back into the lamp before he is late for school.

Happy Simming

@Karritz RE: 30 Grandchildren, video 7. ...That is quite a task, getting all the laundry done. ...Do you have the faster leaf raking mod installed? Of course, your goals may be different than mine, but I love how quickly the leaves get done with this tweak (15 times faster). Rake Leaves Faster by Shimrod ...I like the clothes lines. I've used those in a couple of my worlds. ...Cute present-designed house. ...Fun that you allowed the game to name the kids. Sometimes the game comes up with some nice choices.

...Interesting that the sims only sleep in that one huge bedroom. Who knows why sims do what they do! ...LOL at the zombie texting on his phone. Kind of creepy thinking online messages from a zombie! ...I'm glad that teens can work with genie lamps. How strange that the genie changed out of his everyday genie clothes. But he did obey Robbie's command though, so I guess that's all right. Good luck your new genie. Very cool that you found that lamp!

@lanlyn thank you again. The leaf raking is done autonomously. I tend to ignore the leaves so I don't have the mod. They were all out there raking leaves and the zombies were there too and I just wanted to see if a zombie might turn one of the teens into a zombie but it didn't happen.

I made 5 instant babies at a time to get the 15 children of Gerry - I was in a hurry - so no time to think up names for them. Some of the born in game sims in my Big Game have names given by the game too. Such as Deangelo Fields. He's gorgeous to look at but it took me a while to get used to his name. I think I like it now.

I tried sending Gerri up to the upstairs bedroom a few times but eventually gave up. The only thing I can imagine is the bunk beds might be slightly higher in one or more of the properties - comfort etc. I'll try replacing the beds in the upper floor of the house to higher scoring beds and remove more of the bunk beds. Then assign beds to sims. I'll put a laundry hamper in each bedroom.

I'm hoping the genie went back into the lamp. I didn't check. I'll find out later when I start work on the next episode. I plan to get as many simoleans from him as possible.

I'm working on the next Oscar video now. But have to go out to buy food - we keep needing to eat and it interrupts my creativity. But I need to get out and about occasionally.

Happy Simming and thank you for the interest and feedback.

@Karritz My husband and I did a huge grocery shopping trip yesterday. I'm so glad that's over! The store was crowded, but everyone was friendly, so that part was ok. But the noise and hyperactivity around me wears me out! Anyway, we got it done, and my son helped bring everything in and put stuff away. Whew! :#

...I enjoy seeing the different variety of video stories you do. Lots of fun. ...I really like the name Deangelo. Pronounced "DeAngelo?" :)

"lanlyn;c-16866260" wrote:
@Karritz My husband and I did a huge grocery shopping trip yesterday. I'm so glad that's over! The store was crowded, but everyone was friendly, so that part was ok. But the noise and hyperactivity around me wears me out! Anyway, we got it done, and my son helped bring everything in and put stuff away. Whew! :#

...I enjoy seeing the different variety of video stories you do. Lots of fun. ...I really like the name Deangelo. Pronounced "DeAngelo?" :)

I get my son to write the grocery list and carry most of it inside for me.

I have never seen the name Deangelo before and never heard is spoken so I assume it is pronounced as you suggest with De said before Angelo.